Pretty good: But here is a Menu I made up for my Fantasy 60th Birthday Dinner:
For Pre-Dinner Cocktails only the very best Scotch Whiskey Available:
The Glenlivet 70 Year Old, Put down in 1940 at the beginning of World War II
Cost $30,000 a Bottle and Damn Well Worth it!
We move on to the Appetizer Menu:
Shrimp Cocktails
Escargot bathed in a delicious Garlic Butter
A Nice Selection of Crayfish, Tiger Prawns, and Oysters on the Half Shell or ala Rockefeller.
To enjoy this one must have the right wine, in this case Champagne so we have Three of excellent vintage.
Dom Perignon 1947 $3000 a Bottle
Dom Perignon 1966 $1200 a Bottle
Pol Roger 1921 $5661 a Bottle (Winston Chruchill’s Favorite Brand)
In addition to the Appetizer’s Above we also will have available:
Caesar Salad
Tossed Green Garden Salad
Croutons & Walnuts
Seafood Salad
Olives, Green Beans and Feta Cheese
A selection of Cheese, American and European
Now for the Dinner Main Course Selection’s:
Rare Roast Fillet of Beef
Roulade of Turkey Breast filled with Spinach & Pinenut Puree
Lobster
Classical Sea Trout “chaud –froid”
Vegetable Terrine of Taro, Artichoke’s, Broccoli, Choko & Capsicum, Crepinettes of Pheasant and Duck Liver’ en croute’
Ethel Taylor’s Homemade Rolls
Wine Selection for the Main Meal:
Baron Philippe de Rothschild 1853 Bordeaux $12,000 a Bottle
2008 Didier Dagueneau Silex Sauvignon Blanc $120 a Bottle
1990 Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France $750 a Bottle
Now for the Dessert Menu:
Ehtel Taylor’s Homemade Chocolate Pie from scratch
Chocolate Filagree
Crème Brulee
Grand Marnier Mille Feuille
Lemon & Wine Syllabub with Strawberry Coulis
Crepes Suzette
We need an outstanding Dessert Port to go with this and I offer:
The Det Franske Vinlager Hunts Old Nutty Vintage Port $14,394 a Bottle
Of course after Dessert comes the PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE
Fine imported Coffee and a special Cognac to top off the evening:
The 1858 Croizet Cuvee Leonie $76,000 a Bottle
Give me fried filet of flounder, steak fries, coleslaw, and real cherry coke.
4 fried chickens and a coke with some dry white toast will do as well. Not really.
You’ve given this some thought!